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Cool Finds

Cool Finds

Watch 30 Minutes of Mesmerizing, Ultra-HD Sun

NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory stares at the sun so you don’t have to

In the unregulated park, kids encountered alligators without fences, gates or grates.

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When Kids Played With Alligators in Los Angeles

Babies, dogs and onlookers mixed with snapping reptiles at California’s Alligator Farm

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A Minecraft World Built for Exploring Chemicals

The new world, called MolCraft, is a virtual chemistry museum

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This Scientist Live-Tweets Cheetah Hunts

Documenting nature in all its beauty, viciousness, hilarity and boredom

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A 2,000-Year-Old Greek Fortress Has Been Unearthed in Jerusalem

The fort played a role in the Jewish revolts that inspired Hanukkah

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Forget the Hazy Clouds—The Internet is in the Ocean

This new video explores the 550,000 miles of cable that keeps the internet humming

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This Incredible Street Art Is Also An Evolution Lesson

In Rome, a giant mural illustrates how life began and evolved

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Hidden Poop Joke Found in 17th-Century Art Owned By Queen Elizabeth

The newly restored Dutch painting depicts a man relieving himself

Bonus points if you can find a cat in this picture.

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Someone Just Paid $826,000 for the Greatest Cat Painting of All Time

“My Wife’s Lovers” pays tribute to the wealthiest cats of the 1890s

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According to This 1919 Writing Guide, There Are Only 37 Possible Stories

From love and disaster to “a miracle of God,” the 96-year-old manual outlines every known plot

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Coywolves Are Taking Over Eastern North America

Coywolves are not ‘shy wolves’—they are coyote-wolf hybrids (with some dog mixed in) and now number in the millions

Detail from the cover of the 1948 Green Book, a guidebook for black travelers.

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A Black American’s Guide to Travel In the Jim Crow Era

For decades, The Green Book was the black traveler’s lifeline

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How Computers Learned to Play Nintendo

Super Mario World is a great test for artificial intelligence

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This Extremely Slow Rube Goldberg Device Lasts More Than Six Weeks

The whimsical invention uses molasses, a tortoise, and sprouting grass to move a golf ball

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NASA is Helping Study These Massive Earthworks from Space

Could satellite photographs decipher the meaning behind Kazakhstan’s mysterious geometric designs?

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Pink Gumdrops Are Solving a Sticky Crisis in London

The receptacles are part of the world’s first chewing gum recycling program

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Wyoming Has a Crack Problem (And It’s Not What You Think)

A mysterious tear in the ground is the state’s new social media star and a testament to the fast fury of Mother Nature

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Candy Corn Hasn’t Changed Since the 19th Century

The Halloween sweet was invented in the 1880s

An expert at work on a painting at the Opificio Delle Pietre Dure

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Inside the Italian Art Hospital That Rescues Old Paintings

A catastrophic flood gave this Florence workshop a new mission

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The Mind-Blowing ‘Rain Room’ Comes to Los Angeles

This wildly popular installation art creates an indoor storm—but visitors don’t get wet

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